Hong Kong Zongli Monks

Chapter 47 Jade from Burma

After staying in the Taoist temple and studying the formation for a week, it is impossible to buy jade. It requires a lot of money and a lot of jade. It will definitely make headlines.

After thinking about it, the only way to go to Burma to dig it myself is to feel at ease, and then escaped after thinking about it.

It took a day to arrive in Myanmar, and it took so long because I was afraid of getting lost in the vast sea, so I had to look at the map from time to time.

On the seventh floor, the true essence, consciousness and physique have undergone major changes, not only doubling, but especially the physique, it feels like they are now invulnerable, and the consciousness can see a kilometer away.

The escape technique is also much faster, and the consumption of a few kilometers is almost negligible. I still think about when I will take a global tour.

Anyone who knows Myanmar knows that although it seems like a poor country now and is very inconspicuous on the world map, it once served as the overlord of Southeast Asia in ancient times.

In the ancient society of Myanmar, the Akhmedan system and the Atai system were practiced. The former has a higher status than the latter, and both are villages controlled by the king.

At that time, Myanmar was actually a militaristic and brutal country. The Myanmar army stepped out of its own territory. Burning, killing and raping in various postures were generally allowed. After all, the soldiers had a heavy burden and were not allowed to do business. morale.

At the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, after the Bagan Dynasty was defeated by the Mongolian Yuan, the regimes in various places were divided. The Bago Dynasty of the Mon people in the south and the Ava Dynasty of the Burmese and Shan people in the north confronted each other. After 40 years of war, both sides suffered losses and were eventually unified.

Many chieftains in Kachin State and Shan State in Myanmar today are subject to the Yuan Dynasty and later the Ming Dynasty.

Myanmar was able to dominate Southeast Asia at that time because of the right time and place. The dry valley of Upper Myanmar was one of the most agriculturally developed areas in ancient Southeast Asia. Only the Red River Delta and Java Island can be compared with it.

The Ming Dynasty has always been beyond the reach of Yunnan. Chiang Mai and Lancang are weak in national power. The former acts as a wall between Myanmar and Siam, and the latter acts as a wall between Annan and Myanmar.

The only real rival of Myanmar in Southeast Asia is Siam, but Siam’s population and national strength are much weaker than that of Myanmar. There are many royal descendants and princes in the country, and the centralization of power is also worse than that of Myanmar.

Myanmar then went to war with the Qing Dynasty, and Siam wanted to help. Emperor Qianlong said that the barbarians and clowns could be put down by the Chinese government with a little effort, so I won't bother you anymore.

There were several border conflicts and the Qing army was at a disadvantage. Liu Zao, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, committed suicide in fear of crime. The new governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, Yang Yingju, was sentenced to death again. He replaced the capable Manchu Minister Mingrui as the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou. He led the Manchu and Han elite troops to attack Burma and was lured deep into the army. In an ambush, Mingrui was defeated, cut off the enemy personally, and committed suicide due to serious injuries.

Only then did Qianlong realize that it was not a soft persimmon at all, it was much harder than the Junggar tribe, so he asked Siam for help, but Siam had already been wiped out.

In 1769, Qianlong sent his younger brother-in-law Fu Heng and the famous general Agui to lead troops into Burma again. They went down the Daying River and fought with the Burmese army in the Xinjie and Laoguantun areas. Both sides were powerless. I don't want to fight anymore.

The coaches of the two armies reached an agreement in private to withdraw their troops.The Qing soldiers were defeated in repeated battles. In addition to the superiority of Burmese troops and excellent guns, the tropical plague was also the main reason. Fu Heng himself was also infected and died of illness in Beijing the following year.

As the main force of Myanmar was fighting the Qing Dynasty in the north, Siam took the opportunity to recover under the leadership of King Thaksin. Later, the Bangkok Dynasty was established. King Meng Yun of Myanmar failed several attacks. Siam completely controlled Chiang Mai and other places. The country finally made peace in the early 19th century.

The king of Burma turned his attention to the west. He first conquered the long-term independent Kingdom of Arakan, then captured Manipur in two rounds, and then conquered the capital of the Kingdom of Assam, bordering the British East India Company.

The British East India Company also actively supported the restoration activities of Arakan, Assam, and Manipur.The two sides also had border territorial disputes, and finally went to war.

In the first Anglo-Burmese war that began in March 1824, the British won very tiredly.The famous Burmese general Bandula once entered Chittagong and defeated the British army.

Since the main force of Burma was fighting on the western front, the south was empty, and many cities were captured. Bandura led his army across the mountains from Bangladesh, returned to Burma, and failed to attack Yangon, causing heavy casualties.

In the next battle, Bandura personally commanded at the front line, Hua Gai attracted the attention of the British army, and was killed by shells, and the Burmese army was defeated; nearby.

By February 1826, Myanmar was forced to negotiate a peace, and the "Yangdabo Treaty" was signed in Yangdabo Village near Awa, and the land was ceded to pay compensation.The British army used more than 2 troops before and after this battle, killed 4 people, and cost 1.5 million pounds.

Walking on a street in Myanmar, thinking back to the history I learned in my previous life, it was so cruel. The empire that the sun never set was well fed.

The language barrier and the characters were unknown. Looking at the map, I found the direction of the Wulu River Basin and escaped there.

Fleeing along the river, he saw a large mining area after a while, regardless of the people above, he hid under the ground, using his spiritual sense to search and move forward slowly.

He searched for stones one by one. With his spiritual consciousness, he could sense the existence of some spiritual energy in some stones, so he dug them out and threw them into the space ring.

After searching for a long time, I only found a few dozen yuan. I was very tired, so I escaped far away, and came out again when I saw a deserted land.

He sat down on the grass and slowly circulated his true energy.

It took two hours to recover, and he took out a stone and a dagger with anticipation on his face.

He picked up his true essence and slowly cut the stone, layer by layer. He had no experience and didn't know how big the jade inside was. Unfortunately, his spiritual sense couldn't see through the stone.

Soon I saw the jade inside, and quickly cut along the edge of the jade. After a while, a fist-sized jade appeared.

I opened up dozens of stones, but none of them came to nothing. The largest one was more than ten centimeters in diameter, and the small one was three or four fingers big. I am still very satisfied, but it seems that this mine has been searched, and I have to find another mine. .

For the next week, I searched a mine every day, and spent the rest of the time digging for rough stones. Dozens of jade stones as big as footballs were mined, and they were all found from very deep places. If we follow the mining methods of the mine, maybe we can find them. Evolving forever buried underground.

So later, I went back to search the mines I had searched, and went to the deepest point. I finally lived up to my expectations and dug dozens of jade stones the size of footballs.

If it is made into a formation plate, it can be made into dozens of large formations. Thinking about it makes me feel very proud and want to laugh a few times.

If you sell the jade in the space ring, you can become a billionaire immediately. It feels like money is really easy to come by.

But thinking about how much time I have to learn carving, I want to go back. Anyway, the current jade is enough for me to use for a long time. If I still need it, I will talk about it later.

After thinking about it, he opened the last pile of rough stones, meditated quickly and recovered, and fled back.

(End of this chapter)